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Submitter: Stanley Maerz; Subject: Judge William Norwood and
Robina Hogg
Message: "The book I have says this about William Norwood:
William Norwood, son of John Wall Norwood and Leah Lenoir
Whitaker Norwood, born 1767 and died 1842. He was a member of
the House of Commons in Hillsboro, N.C. and was re-elected in
1807. He was elected Judge of the Superior Courts in 1820, which
he resigned in 1836. He was distinguished for his patience,
firmness, and learning. He married Robina Hogg January 7, 1800,
daughter of James Hogg, native of Scotland. She was born on
December 30, 1772, in Scotland and died May 18, 1860. Their
children were:
1. Eliza Alves Norwood (1800-1886) m. Wm James Bingham
(1802-1866)
2. John Wall Norwood (1803-1885) m. Annabella Giles (1805-1876)
3. James Hogg Norwood (1804-1852) m. Sarah Frances Benners
(1821-1903)
4 Rev. Wm. Norwood (l806-1887) m. Winifred Blount Hill
(1815-1851)
5. Dr. Walter Alves Norwood (l808-1861) m. Mary Lambert
6. Jane Burgess Norwood (1811-1862) m. Samual F. Tillinghast
(1796-1861)
7. Joseph Caldwell Norwood (1813-1890) m. Laura Leah Lenoir
(1815-1894)
8. Helen Mary Norwood (b.1817) m. Andrew Mickle.
The FOREWARD of the book states "All these lines have been
proved by the National Society of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, and the Norwood, Lovick and Howell lines have been
proved by the National Society of the Colonial Dames of
America."

Notes

1. Descendants of JOHN WILLIAM PEARL
Generation No. 1
1. JOHN WILLIAM1 PEARL was born 1741 in Fredrick Co., Md., and
died Unknown in Hardin Co., Ky. He married Chistina Baumgardner
1762 in Fredrick Co., Md.. She was born Unknown in Fredrick Co.,
Md., and died Unknown in Hardin Co., Ky.

Our ancestors were farmers and black-smiths, and knowing nothing
of soil preservation they farmed the land until it was no longer
productive. Then moved on to more productive lands, until again
they wore out the land, migrating all the while further west.
Having heard of the fertile lands in the new territories, they
decided to head for "Old Kentuck". Sometime after the birth of
their youngest son "George Pearl", the family migrated to
Kentucky, which was then part of Virginia and referred to as the
New Territories.

They came down the Appalachian Trail, through the Cumberland Gap
into the southeastern part of Kentucky. Northwest up the
"Wilderness Trail", through what is now Rockcastle, and Laurel
Counties, to "Old Fort Harrod" (Harrodsburg), then into Nelson
County, Kentucky. This was a long and dangerous journey into the
unknown. Mostly on foot, with only a very few were allowed to
ride in the horse or ox drawn wagons and carts, (only the very
old, the very young, the ill and the infirm), many did not
complete the journey. All along the way they encountered
hardship, accidents, illness, and fights with Indians. Some
settled along the way before reaching Kentucky, some were born
along the way, some died along the way, and some later moved
further west into Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Texas,
Nebraska, Idaho, and Washington. Many of our ancestors were
veterans of the Revolutionary War of Independence against the
British, and as a reward for their service were given land
warrents (land grants) in the New Territories.

In the early years when Kentucky was still part of Virginia,
there were only three counties in Kentucky, Fayette covering all
of the eastern part, Jefferson covering the northwestern part,
and Lincoln covering the south-central and southwestern part. In
1785 Nelson County was created from part of Jefferson County,
with Bardstown as the County Seat, becoming the 4th county to be
created in Kentucky. What is now the Big Clity area of Grayson
County was then part of Nelson County.

In 1793 Hardin County was created from Nelson County, becoming
the 15th county to be organized in Kentucky, with the County
Seat in Elizabethtown. Grayson County was created in 1810 from
parts of Hardin, Nelson, and Ohio Counties, with the County Seat
in Leitchfield.

The first Governor of Kentucky was Isaac Shelby, elected in 1792
as a Jeffersonian/Republican. He was a Farmer, Surveyor, and
Soldier, who was active in the American Revolution, and as an
Indian Fighter. He was reelected again in 1812. The Commonwealth
of Kentucky was admitted to the Union as the 15th state in 1792.
Kentucky did not elected its first Lt. Governor until 1800 when
Alexander Scott Bullitt was elected. He served in office until
1804, and was a Jeffersonian/Republican like the Governor at
that time. Many early settlers of Kentucky were veterans of the
French and Indian Wars and the Revolutionary War of
Independence. Many of them coming to Kentucky to claim the
bounty land granted for service during the above mentioned wars.

One of the many interesting things that we found during our
research was that the spelling of our name has either changed
over the years, or was misspelled due to the fact most of the
people in those time were at best semi-literate, and names were
more often spelled phonetically as they sounded. We have found
our name spelled as PERREL, PERRELL, PEREL, and PERRIL.

When gong this far back in history, a great deal of genealogical
research is by necessity based on deductive reasoning. Our
research of Frederick County, Md. records list a large number of
Pearl's up to and including the present time. We do not discount
the possiblility that "John William Pearl" might not be the
father of George Pearl. However, the dates seem about right, and
when you compare the number of times down through the
generations the "given names" of "John" and "William" are used
in our family history, we feel that it is a safe assumption that
he is our forefather.

We further feel that it is again would be safe to assume that
John William and Christina, (as well as many more of our
ancestors), had more children than we have listed. Families in
those times were of necessity large, however we can find no
records of any other children except those as listed.

Children of JOHN PEARL and Chistina Baumgardner are:
i. Thomas2 Pearl, born 1780 in Fredrick County, Md; died
October 05, 1856 in Grayson County, Ky.
ii. William Pearl, born 1782 in Fredrick County, Md; died
Unknown. He married Viletta Langford January 13, 1814; born
Unknown; died Unknown.
iii. James Pearl, born 1788 in Fredrick County, Md; died
Aft. 1860 in Hardin County, Ky.
iv. GEORGE PEARL, born 1789 in Fredrick County, Md; died
1865 in Grayson County, Ky.